Position: Contracts Advisor
Duration: 12 months contract
Location: Perth, WA
Schedule: 5/2 & 9 hours per day (CWW)
Position Description:
The Contract Advisor is a key role within Capital Projects and will have responsibility to lead both pre and post award contracting activities in a collaborative manner that proactively engages with stakeholders, requiring a growth mindset with a proven ability working in a fast-paced dynamic project environment.
The role requires demonstrated technical contracting skills, strong contractor relationship management experience, a focus on continuous improvement, a desire to embrace digital solutions and the ability to work collaboratively.
Key Job Responsibilities:
Pre-Award Contracting
- Undertake all aspects of contract formulation, contractor qualification, tender management, evaluations, and strategic contracting activities required to deliver the Capital Projects Contracting Plan through FEED, execution, and commissioning.
- Effective stakeholder management and collaboration with cross functional teams to deliver strategic outcomes for the Business.
- Strong commercial acumen and contractor relationship management skills with a focus on ensuring end to end value is maintained over the contract lifecycle.
- Providing proactive advice to various stakeholder on the interpretation and implementation of contract terms, lead contract negotiations, undertake market intelligence analysis and identify risk mitigations.
- Ensuring effective scopes of work and compensation terms that drive strong contractor performance.
- Ensure contract transactions are in accordance with the contract terms through engagement with contractors and Package Leads.
- Manage post award activities, including contract kick offs, contract change management, adherence to contract obligations, contract close out and the effective transition of works to Operations.
- Communicates with Package Leads and provides guidance to ensure work is carried out in compliance with Company policies, processes and procedures.
- Provide proactive commercial advice to Package Leads and apply best practices to avoid value erosion.
- Leads negotiations to resolve commercial issues and claims with contractors, working closely with legal and other SME’s.
- Accountable for timely close out of audit findings and eliminating root cause of audit findings in assigned portfolio of contracts.
- Ensure adherence to contracting processes and procedures, including necessary approvals.
- Responsible to ensure all compliance needs of contracts are satisfied.
- Supporter of contracting best practices and sharing lessons learned.
- Support and use of company standard contracting tools and systems and a desire to embrace digital solutions to simplify work processes.
- Accountable for timely delivery of contracts against the contracts plan.
- Describe any unique complexity that should be considered when evaluating this position:
- Previous experience in Capital Projects preferred.
- Previous experience with both material and services contracts.
- Strong change management experience.
- Demonstrated proficiency of using digital platforms.
- Ability to work as part of a team and autonomously when required.
- Able to manage and deliver a broad portfolio of contract packages at different stages of the contracting lifecycle.
- Has excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, and the ability to interface with key internal and external project/BU stakeholders.
- Ensures that tools, templates, examples, and key lessons learned are documented, shared and applied.
- Visible champion for the use of digital technologies to support process improvement and execution.
- Strong commitment to Operational Excellence and an ability to work collaboratively within a cross functional teams focused on creating a safe, diverse, and inclusive work environment that builds up team members.
- Technical contracting competency (preferably in Capital Projects).
- Strong contractor relationship management skills.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively and manage stakeholders effectively.
For further information and a detailed Job description please email an up-to-date CV, along with your notice period and salary expectations to noor.amelia@airswift.com
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